2025-04-17 AEW Collision - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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This episode was dubbed “Spring BreakThru” … It aired on Thursday instead of Saturday to avoid scheduling conflict w/ WWE's WrestleMania... There was a Kick of show special on HonorClub featuring AEW's sister promotion ROH, dubbed "Prelude to Spring Breakthru"...
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STORYLINES:
(1) Jon Moxley challenges Samoa Joe after losing world trios titles to Opps this past Wednesday…
Participants:
Details:
-Show opens w/ Marina Shafir beating up production crew on the way to the ring, and she is joined by the rest of Death Riders…
Jon Moxley cuts in ring promo… he tells the people to enjoy the Death Riders misfortune while it lasts….
He’s also decided he doesn’t like the Young Bucks…
He expresses his respect for Samoa Joe, and lays out challenge to Samoa Joe!…
-Previously unseen promo from Samoa Joe w/ Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata from after this last Wednesday’s Dynamite…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Moxley doing the bad ass thing here and challenging Joe before he gets challenged. I’ll give it a half point just for being bad ass, but he books himsef to be such a bad ass all the time… this had to be his idea… but all that being said, i assume mox will retain against Joe, especially considering he already tapped to Joe…
(2) Kevin Knight overcomes Don Callis Family’s Lance Archer… Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey re-iterate their desire not to join Don Callis Family….
Participants:
Details:
-Match: Kevin Knight vs Lance Archer…
Enter Don Callis…
Interference by Don Callis… regardless…
Winner: Kevin Knight…
-Backstage Interview w/ Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey… where the two make it known they don’t want to join Don Callis Family…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: good to see Mike Bailey involved in some angles. nothing to write home about here. maybe these guys can do a program with the Don Callis Family and get some matches out of this…
(3) Women’s Owen Hart Tournament… main event tag match features possible Owen Hart Tournament winners…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Kris Statlander & Jamie Hayter…
-Backstage Interview w/ Mercedes Moné…
Enter Harley Cameron as Mini Moné…
-Tag Match: Kris Statlander & Julia Hart vs Mercedes Moné & Harley Cameron… Toni Storm joins commentary as Kris Statlander and Mercedes Moné are still in the Owen Hart Tournament and possible opponents…
Mercedes Moné & Kris Statlander get heated during the match …
Jamie Hayter watches from a monitor backstage…
Winners: Kris Statlander & Julia Hart…
-Post Match, Toni Storm enters the ring to applaude Kris Statlander…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I like how Toni Storm was there to scout a possible opponent for her at ALL IN but jamie hayter, who could win the whole thing, wasn’t in the match. idk about this booking. especially for a main event. what do Julia Hart or Harley Cameron have anything to do with this?!…
(4) Toni Schiavone reads FTR’s condescending apology letter on the air…
Participants:
Details:
-Toni Schiavone reads an apology letter sent in by FTR…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Slightly amusing stuff here… like FTR getting some zingers in here without even being there…
(5) Rocky Romero turns on the Conglomeration, joins Don Callis Family w/ returning Trent Beretta…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Josh Alexander first day in Don Callis Family…
TMS: 👊
(B) Roppongi Vice reunion & Rocky Romero turns on Conglomeration…
(C) Don Callis Family expansion…
Details:
-Tag Match: Don Callis Family (Josh Alexander, Konosuke Takeshita) vs Conglomeration (Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii)… Don Callis joins commentary…
Winners: Don Callis Family…
-Post Match,
Enter a hooded figure who turns out to be Trent Beretta… Rocky Romero turns on Tomohiro Ishii, who were getting testy just like they did earlier in the day when they lost to Top Flight… this time, when Tomohiro Ishii turns around, BETRAYAL!!!…
Don Callis Family return to the ring and it looks like Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta are in w/ the Don Callis Family…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
(B) well ok. wasn’t expecting any kind of swerve here but i’ll take it. they teased this earlier in the day on ROH. I’ll say it all makes sense. Trent Beretta being at odds w/ conglomeration… so i’m fine with this…
(6) Megan Bayne picks up another impressive handicap match victory…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
2 jobbers
Details:
-Handicap Match: Megan Bayne vs 2 jobbers…
Winner: Megan Bayne…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Poor Megan Bayne. got buried w/ a clean loss and tk trying to make it out like she’s still a bad ass 🙄. to me, you can throw her in w/ Lance Archer and Brian Cage for wasted opportunities…
(7) Anthony Bowens Video Package…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package highlights Anthony Bowens’ new persona…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: ehhh. idk what to say about this. i like the guy. this seems solid. but i just think it’s gonna work…
(8) Claudio Castagnoli answers Adam Cole’s TNT title Open Challenge but is unsuccessful… Claudio takes the loss really hard and snaps post match…
Participants:
Details:
-Replay: Adam Cole winning TNT title at Dynasty…
-Match: Claudio Castagnoli vs Adam Cole …
Winner: Adam Cole…
-Post Match: … Enter Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly who celebrate w/ Adam Cole….
Claudio Castagnoli snaps and starts trashing the ringside area….
Enter Death Riders to console their boy and take him away…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Solid matchup… funny seeing claudio lose his shit. yeah. he should be embarrassed losing to Adam Cole clean… it’s also embarrassing for AEW that Death Riders are their main heel stable. this whole Death Riders angle looks so sad at this point, considering the buzz around what it possibly could have been when it started…
(9) Brian Keith disagrees w/ Big Bill’s approach, wants to handle Learning Tree’s family issues internally…
Participants:
Details:
-Replay: events from 8 days prior involving Learning Tree in Dynamite…
-Backstage Interview w/ Big Bill & Brian Keith…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Interesting serious stuff from the Learning Tree. who woulda thought?!
(10) La Facción Ingobernable pick up 6 man tag win…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
3 jobbers
Details:
-6 Man Tag Match: La Facción Ingobernable (Rush, Dralistico, Beast Mortos) vs 3 jobbers…
Winners: La Facción Ingobernable…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Where the heck these guys been?! i’m kinda over the stop and go booking with these guys. just forget it. give up…
(11) Fallout to $400,000 tag match from 8 days earlier… Ricochet upset about the loss, starts beef w/ Kevin Knight…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey…
Enter Ricochet… Kevin Knight & Ricochet look set to do battle soon…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Ricochet is a bright spot for this generation’s AEW…
(12) Nick Wayne defeats Komander to win ROH TV title…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Alex Abrahantes
Details:
-Match: Nick Wayne vs Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes… Patriarchy are shown watching from a monitor backstage…
Winner: Nick Wayne… who wins ROH TV title…
-Post Match, Patriarchy are shown watching and looking proud…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: well i can’t say i’ll miss Komander as ROH TV champ. he tried hard but no one cared… i don’t think the Nick Wayne reign will be much better, but he can probably use the clout of holding some title, at least…
(13) Top Flight challenge Cru to a fight for next week…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Darius Martin, Dante Martin, Laila Grey who challenge Cru to a fight next week…
Enter Action Andretti, Lio Rush…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I don’t think this matchup needs all the buildup it’s had. let’s just do the damn thing already! this coulda been one of them cool surprise NXT type of matches that open the show without announcment. the crowd would be pleasantly surprised to have such a grudge match. instead, i’m sick of this before they’ve even gotten in the ring…
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